February 9 2022 Protesters have tried to breach the gates of parliament, prompting a wall of police to make arrests. Video / Mark Mitchell / NZ Herald

Covid-19 Omicron outbreak: 204 new community cases, 46 at the border; 1200 isolating at home in Auckland region. Video / NZ Herald

February 9 2022 PM Jacinda Ardern and National Party leader Christopher Luxon faced off this afternoon in Parliament's first Question Time of the year.

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Christopher Luxon sat down with Senior Political Reporter, Thomas Coughlan. Video / Mark Mitchell

Labour Cabinet Minister Stuart Nash quits the Mike Hosking Breakfast on air, calling time on five years of banter with the controversial breakfast host. Audio / Newstalk ZB

Uni students call on Omicron clarity, conversion therapy ban one step closer and how the Government plan to keep essential workers at work in the latest New Zealand Herald headlines. Video / NZ Herald

February 8 2022 "We were able to essentially stamp out Delta. With Omicron, we won't be able to do that," PM Jacinda Ardern said of the current outbreak.

Property owner Peter Gill is threatening to blow up a church building in North Canterbury after becoming frustrated over a long-running consents row. Video / Kurt Bayer

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February 8 2022 PM Jacinda Ardern and National Party leader Chris Luxon deliver their first Parliamentary speeches of 2022.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and opposition leader Christopher Luxon respond to questions on petrol prices. Video / Mark Mitchell

There are reports of smoke in a building on Hobson Street. Video / Jed Bradley

A call to get testing up, who’s made gains in the latest political poll? And the president of France begins talks with Putin in the latest New Zealand Herald headlines. Video / NZ Herald

Covid-19 Omicron outbreak: 188 community cases today, 14 in hospital. Video / NZ Herald

The New Zealand convoy anti-vaccine mandate protest rolled into Napier greeted by an enthusiastic crowd of supporters.

Titewhai Harawira, the matriarch - mother of eight children, 70 mokopuna and 25 great-great-grandchildren - has spent a lifetime fighting for Māori rights, women’s rights and social justice. Video / Maori Television

Taranaki is experiencing Severe flooding following a MetService Red weather warning for heavy rain in the region. Video / Imogen Quigley / Kayla O'Connor / Kade Bellve / Julie-Anne Mowat

There are 208 Covid-19 cases today - a dip on yesterday's 243 cases, a record number of infections. Video / NZ Herald

Waka display at Tii Beach, Waitangi, Waitangi Day. Video / Peter de Graaf

The case is now cold, he has now had an apology from the IPCA GM over the police's handling of the incident. Video / NZ Herald

February 5 2022 There were 243 Covid-19 cases in the community today - the highest daily number since the beginning of the pandemic two years ago.

February 5 2022 Westport residents have been given the all clear to go home, after heavy rain forced them from their homes.